The 2026 college football season may only be a week old, but Lane Kiffin has already emerged as its biggest story.

Pushing aside the bad omens of the pregame weather delay and controversy of the offseason, the Tigers dismantled Clemson exactly how the coach wanted.

After all of the controversy of LSU's offseason, a 51-10 shellacking of Clemson offered an example of why the Tigers hired Kiffin.